At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide essential secretarial support to consultants in a busy medical department.
- Company: Join one of the UK's top-performing NHS organisations, dedicated to staff and patient experience.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, generous leave, health programmes, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in healthcare while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in secretarial roles and strong organisational skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 25760 - 27476 £ per year.
Site: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Town: Cramlington
Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata per annum
Closing Date: 15/11/2026 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients.
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.
Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England.
Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
Job overview: Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to join our secretarial/administrative team in the busy department of Acute Medicine at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job:
- This is a busy department that requires an adaptable, flexible, enthusiastic, hardworking team member who has excellent organisational skills and can use their own initiative.
- The successful candidate will provide high quality support to a team of consultants.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills together with the ability to work under pressure are required.
- To provide comprehensive secretarial service to consultant(s) and their team and maintain day to day running of senior/junior doctor rota, including planning new rotations and allocating annual/study leave.
Qualifications:
- RSA 3/OCR or equivalent or relevant typing/word processing experience
- ECDL / advanced ECDL
- GCSE English Language grade C or above or equivalent qualification
Experience and knowledge:
- Medical Secretary Training
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
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